Food box



Patented Oct imm FOOD BOX.'

APPLICATlo'N FILED 11116.17. 1921.

ATTORNEY Patented @et 3, 1922.

narran" g meines JOSEPH W. ARGUBRIGI'IT, OF STREATORQILLINOIS.

noon Box.

Application filed August 17, 1921. Serial. No. 492,960.

.To all LU/wm t may concern.'

Be it known that l, JosnrH W. ARGU- Bnmirr, citizen of the TJnited States, residing at Streator, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Food Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention pertains tofood carrying receptacles, and it contemplates the provision of a food box that may be readily and conveniently carried in the tonneau of an automobile or the like and besides serving the purpose of conveying lunch or other foods and perishable goods, .may also be adapted for use as a seat for children.

IThe invention in all of its details will be fully understood from the following description and claims when the same are read in connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part of this specification7 in which:

Figure 1 is a. side elevation of the food box and showing the same as ready for seating purposes.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the box. Figure 3 is a longitudinal section thereof. Figure 4 is a transverse section showing in dotted lines the lid of the box partly elevated and in full lines the lid as closed.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings:

My novel food box 1 may be of the construction illustrated or any other construction compatible to its purpose, and it comprises the removable food chamber 22 or said chamber may be divided into compartments in the discretion of the manufacture.

The said chamber may further be of heat insulated material and adapted to bear against the walls 3 of the food box and rest on the flange 41 thereof as illustrated in Figures 3 and 4.

In its lower wall the food chamber is provided with the openings 5, and beneath the chamber 2 I arrange an ice chamber 7 with the drain pipe 8. It will be manifest that when occasion demands ice may be placed in the chamber 7 or food placed in the said chamber as occasion demands.`

0n its upper end the box 1 is provided with. the lid or cover 9 that is hinged as indicated at 10 and may be raised and lowered for access to the chamber 2. This lid 9 may also be formed of two sections if desired.

Hinged at 12 to the sides of the box 1 is a back rest 11 that when properly positioned as shown in Figures 1 and 2 is adapted to be retained in such position by means of the eye 14 secured to the rest 11 and the keeper 13 secured to the upper side pieces of the box 1.

In the practical use of the device, the same is properly placed in an automobile or other vehicle. and if desired a hole made in the floor of the machine to receive the drippings from the drain 8. However, a pan may be placed under the pipe or drain 8.

The various compartments are then filled7 and the Ytood conveyed to the point desired. Then it is desired to employ the box as an auxiliary seat. it is simply necessary to lift the rest 11 to the position shown in Figures 1 and 2, and hook the same, or in other words secure-the rest so that the same will remain in the position shown. in Figures 1 and 2.

lt will be manifest from the foregoing that the device is simple in construction and inexpensive to produce and will materially add to the comfort of touring by motor vehicle. p

Having described my invention. what l claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent, is:

1. ln a combined food box and auxiliary seat. the combination of a box portion, a food compartment arranged in the box portion and having apertures in its lower wall, an ice chamber arranged in the lower end of the box and having a drain, a lid hinged to one side wall of the box, a back-rest hinged to the lid and means for holding the rest in upright position.

2. In a combined food box and auxiliary seat adapted for use in connection with a vehicle, the combination of a box, a partition adapted to be positioned in the box to form an ice chamber and food compartment; the ice chamber having a waste outlet and the partition having apertures therein. a lid hinged to the box and a back-rest hinged to the lid and normally resting upon said lid and means for holding the back;-a

rest upright with respect to the lid an look secured to the lid and a keeper permanently secured at one end to the hook of the 5 lid and removably secured to the hook of the back-rest.

Intestimony whereof I have hereunto set d commy hand in presence of two subscribing Drsmg a hook secured to the back-rest, a, Wltnesses.

JOSEPH W. ARGUBRIGHT.

Witnesses:

W. H. CHAMPION, W. W. WooLLEY. 

